Whenever we use similes for some reason, we always use animals. And I ll show you what I mean. They say a man s an animal trying to pick up a girl at a bar. He likes to show her he s strong as an ox, sly as a fox, memory like an elephant, can become slippery as an eel, a regular snake in the grass. Girl likes that; she s going home with him. They re snug as two bugs in a rug. So they go home. They hump like rabbits. Unfortunately, he s quick as a bunny. She s depressed. She goes right into the refrigerator. She s hungry as a bear, eats like a pig. He goes to the liquor cabinet, gets drunk as a skunk. He drinks like a fish; he s blind as a bat. Next thing you know, he s out in the street, naked as a jaybird. He s pissing like a racehorse. He goes, Screw her. I m hung like a horse.